Unit 1
This was the key concept of the unit.
What is perspective?
The name of the Tupac poem we analysed together.
What is "The Rose that Grew from Concrete"?
This propaganda technique encourages people to think or act in a certain way because others are doing so.
What is the bandwagon appeal?
How Ms. Hicks refers to her students.
What is "Dear Students"
This word means: having a very bright or beautiful appearance; shining brilliantly
What is resplendent?
These were the names of 3 choice novels you could choose from for group study.
What are The White Tiger, The Night Tiger, Brick Lane, and/or Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress?
This poetic device indicates line breaks without punctuation at the end of lines.
What is enjambment?
The three stylistic devices that we closely analysed when we watched Nuggets (2015).
What are symbolism, sound, and color?
The university Ms. Hicks attended.
What is UCLA?
The name of the Coldplay video we watched in Unit 1 to discuss appreciation vs appropriation.
What is "Hymn for the Weekend"?
The names of the protagonists in the short stories The Paper Menagerie and The Flowers.
Who are Jack and Myop?
The seven types of sensory imagery in poetry.
What are visual, olfactory, tactile, auditory, gustatory, kinesthetic, and organic imagery?
This propaganda technique uses vague words or phrases to evoke powerful emotions without conveying information.
What are glittering generalities?
The state in which Ms. Hicks was born.
What is Arkansas?
The definition of this word is: outstanding for undesirable qualities; remarkably bad; shocking. It is one of Ms. Hicks' favorite words.
What is egregious?
The act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture.
What is cultural appropriation?
The structure of a cinquain.
What is five lines long with a 2-4-6-8-2 syllabic count?
These are the five elements of newsworthiness.
What Ms. Hicks says when a student needs to do better.
This genre represents an approach to literature that weaves fantasy and myth into everyday life.
What is magical realism?
The THREE elements of strong textual evidence.
What are diction, details, and sensory imagery?
A person with this condition (mentioned in the poem "What the Dog Perhaps Hears" might "see" colors when they hear music, "taste" flavors when they hear certain words, or "feel" textures when they see specific shapes.
What is Synesthesia?
The acronym we learned to use when closing-read op-eds.
What is "Honor Aunt Vera Because She Requires Care and Love."
Ms. Hicks' dog.
Who is Khloe?
This word indicates that one is prepared to act in a dishonest or immoral way to get what one wants; they are unprincipled or corrupt.
What is unscrupulous?